Vocabulary
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Although there is a long history of research on vocabulary, the vast majority of studies have appeared over the last 30 years. This new reference work will provide a comprehensive source of the most influential findings that will be both a useful starting point for developing knowledge of the field, as well as a valuable database that can be relied upon when researching vocabulary. Comprised of 4 volumes, the collection will cover 4 key areas. Volume 1 will focus on the core issues related to vocabulary knowledge. The focus of volume 2 is on incidental vocabulary learning. Volume 3 explores the deliberate instruction of vocabulary, and volume 4 looks at formulaic language.
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Volume 1: The Foundations of Research on Vocabulary; Volume 2: Incidental Vocabulary Learning; Volume 3: Deliberate Vocabulary Learning; Volume 4: Formulaic Language
VOLUME I: Chronological table of reprinted articles and chapters Introduction: understanding studies of vocabulary PART 1 What does it mean to learn a word? 1 Vocabulary knowledge 2 The role of vocabulary teaching 3 On knowing a word 4 Plumbing the depths: how should the construct of vocabulary knowledge be defined? PART 2 Vocabulary size and growth 5 Estimating root word vocabulary growth in normative and advantaged populations: evidence for a common sequence of vocabulary acquisition 6 How large can a receptive vocabulary be? 7 Second language vocabulary growth PART 3 Factors affecting vocabulary learning 8 Vocabulary acquisition: word structure, collocation, word-class, and meaning 9 What's in a word that makes it hard or easy: some intralexical factors that affect the learning of words 10 Interference effects of intralist word relationships in verbal Learning 11 Learning vocabulary in lexical sets: dangers and guidelines 12 Effects of variable encoding and spaced presentations 13 Modeling the role of second language proficiency and topic familiarity in second language incidental vocabulary acquisition through reading PART 4 Measuring vocabulary knowledge 14 Developing and exploring the behaviour of two new versions of the Vocabulary Levels Test 15 An alternative to multiple choice vocabulary tests 16 Assessing second language vocabulary knowledge: depth versus breadth 17 Validating a test to measure depth of vocabulary knowledge
